Max smiled when she saw Ashley with her baby girl come into Granny's. She excused herself from the table that Emma and Mary Margaret sat at and went over to the young blonde. Ashley gladly gave over Alex and joined Mary Margaret and Emma's conversation,

"Six hours? You take newborns? 'Cause I'd love six hours off." Ashley said and she sat in Max's seat.

"How's it going?" Emma asked her.

"It's, uh... I mean, the baby's great, but, we really haven't had the time to do the whole getting married thing. So that's been rough, and Sean's been working double shifts at the Cannery." She answered.

"Well, he has to work." Mary Margaret replied.

"On Valentine's Day? Yeah. He couldn't get out of it." Ashley said as Maddie brought over a coffee.

"I'm sorry, that sucks."

"It doesn't have to." Maddie smiled, "You guys can come out with me. We can have a girls' night."

"That's a great idea." Ruby grinned from behind the counter.

"Mary Margaret? Emma? Max?" Maddie questioned.

"I'm not really in the party mood." Emma said, "But you guys can all go and have fun."

Maddie walked away and Emma's phone buzzed, "What's that?"

"It's the station. Something's up." Emma stood up and began walking towards the door,

"Should I come with?" Max asked.

"No, it's fine. Go have girls' night with your sister." Emma answered before leaving.

That night, Ashley, Mary Margaret, Maddie, and Max showed up at a restaurant. Max wore a long sleeved, lacy white dress and Maddie wore a tight, sleeveless purple dress that ended at mid thigh. While Ashley, Maddie, and Ruby did shots, Mary Margaret had a glass of wine and Max had a diet coke.

"Pace yourself, Ashley." Mary Margaret said when Maddie, Ashley, and Ruby had their second shot.

"I am! This is the first night out since I've had the baby. I am making up for lost time." Ashley replied before taking another shot.

"Ooh, Ash, Ruby, check out those guys." Maddie smiled, looking over at the bar at three men.

"Honey, I'm still with Sean." Ashley responded.

"You're not married, and he's not here." Ruby replied.

"He's working." Ashley defended.

"He's always working."

"Have fun moping." Maddie said before she and Ruby headed over to the guys.

"She's right. He's always working." Ashley sighed, "I thought love would be different."

"Me, too." Mary Margaret replied.

Max left to go to the bathroom and on the way back to the table, she ran into someone. She let out a little squeak and closed her eyes as she fell backwards, but a pair of hands reached out and grabbed her arms before she hit the ground. Max opened her eyes and stared into a pair of light blue ones.

"Jefferson." She smiled.

"Hi." He smiled back.

"What are you doing here?" Max asked.

"I... I saw you through the window and wanted to see you." Jefferson answered.

"That's sweet of you." Max commented.

"Well, it's Valentine's Day." He retorted.

Jefferson brought Max back to her feet and her cell phone vibrated.

"Oh, um, excuse me." Max said before taking a few steps away and answering her phone, "Hello?"

"Max? It's me, Emma. I need some help down here."

Max said her goodbyes to Jefferson and drove down to the station, where she found Mr. Gold in one of the cells. Emma caught her up on what happened and Max sat at a desk while Emma talked to Mr. Gold.

"Sheriff Swan?" Regina walked in with Henry, "I'm letting you have thirty minutes with Henry. Take him out. Buy him ice cream."

"Max, you okay here?" Emma asked her Deputy.

"Yeah. I'll make sure no one starts a fire." Max replied, watching Regina glare at Mr. Gold.

"All right, kid. Let's go." Emma grabbed her coat and the two left.

Just as Max was standing up, Regina grabbed the telephone on the desk and knocked her over the head with it, knocking her out. Regina stepped over Max's sleeping body and went over to Mr. Gold to talk.